A Morrison bar owner has entered a guilty plea to public indecency charges for using strippers at his business.
The owner, James Crouch, was ordered to pay $500 after he entered his plea before General Sessions Judge Bill Locke. One of the strippers, Cynthia Nunley, 41, joined in making a plea and was also fined $500 for public indecency. The other stripper, Jenny L. Hobbs, 29, entered a guilty plea at an earlier date and was given the same punishment.
The three were cited into court late this summer after undercover agents witnessed Hobbs and Nunley dancing nude at the small bar on Manchester Highway in Morrison.
“We had received complaints for a few months,” said Sheriff Jackie Matheny, noting that prompted investigators to send in undercover agents to not only observe the illegal nudity but to also capture pictures and video at Tailgater’s Sports Bar. “There was a girl dancing nude and another serving drinks topless.”
Investigator Jody Cavanaugh said undercover agents observed the female suspects, “exposing their breasts and genital area."
Cavanaugh said the lewd behavior was going on with the permission of the bar owner.
“He became criminally responsible by allowing his employees to dance nude with intent to promote or assist in the commission of an offense and benefit in the proceeds,” Cavanaugh said.